December 2020 New School Nominations

[Katy, New School Classics]

December 2020 New School group read nominations are now open! Please review the requirements below for book eligibility.

1. Books that have already been featured as group reads are not eligible for nomination. Bookshelf

In the interest of variety, please wait a month to renominate a book that has been in the poll. These are the books from last month's poll that did not win:

Possession by A.S. Byatt, 1990, 555 pages
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende, 1998, 432 pages
On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957, 296 pages
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, 1957, 220 pages
Blindness by José Saramago, 1995, 326 pages
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, 1969, 470 pages

2. Eligible publication dates for books are 1900-1999.

3. When making a nomination, please use "add book/author" link to help moderators and others view the book selected.

4. Only seven books, by seven different authors will move forward to each poll. This will be determined by the number of seconds a book receives. The seven books with the most seconds moves to the poll.

5. One nomination and one second per member will be allowed. A nomination can be changed only until it has been seconded. Once seconded, in fairness to the member making the second, the nomination will stand.

5a. A second can be withdrawn and placed on another choice. This change must in some way be noted in a post such as, "I am withdrawing my second for book A and placing it on book B." It will be easier to moderator to track changes.

6. Only one book per author; in the event of more than one book by the same author is nominated, only the first one to receive a second will be eligible. The nominator of the ruled ineligible book will be able to nominate a replacement or second another already in nomination.

6a. Same author-multiple categories. The same author may be nominated in multiple categories in a single month as long as the nominations are for different books. In the case of identical nominations, precedence will go to the first one to receive a second.

Nominations will remain open until the 14th of the month. Polls will open on the 16th and run until the last day of the month.

[J_BlueFlower]

I think it is time we have some J.G. Ballard on our shelf. Some one (don't remember who) recently mentioned High-Rise as Ballard best book. It is on the 1001-books-you-should-read list, 208 pages, 1975

"When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on "enemy" floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle."

[Michaela]

I nominate Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, the first book in the Native American Trilogy.

[Aubrey]

I nominate The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (pub 1965, 466 pp).

[Brina]

Ok, so I read both of those and enjoyed both for entirely different reasons. For variety I’ll nominate Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer and second Love Medicine.

[Heather L]

I nominate Passing by Nella Larsen, first published in 1929.

[Luffy]

I nominate The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan [first published January 15th 1990, 814 pages ]

[Luffy]

I second Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich.

[George P.]

I will second Passing.

[Heather L]

Thanks, George P!

[Michaela]

Thanks Brina and Luffy for the seconds! :)

[George P.]

I will nominate The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
of Chile.

[Luffy]

You're welcome, Michaela.

[Philina]

I second The Eye of the World.

[Annette]

I will nominate a lighter read for the last month of this interminable year, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson (234 pages, first published in 1938). And I second The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

[Aubrey]

Thanks Annette :) (although I wonder what your second says about aiming for a 'lighter' read XD)

[Annette]

Aubrey wrote: "Thanks Annette :) (although I wonder what your second says about aiming for a 'lighter' read XD)"

I think Macolm X is a great book but I offer variety :)

[Wreade1872]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "I think it is time we have some J.G. Ballard on our shelf. Some one (don't remember who) recently mentioned High-Rise as Ballard best book. It is on the 1001-books-..."

Second for High-Rise.

[Luffy]

Philina wrote: "I second The Eye of the World."

Thank you, Philina!

[Janelle]

I nominate The Vagabond by Colette first published 1910

[Frances]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "I think it is time we have some J.G. Ballard on our shelf. Some one (don't remember who) recently mentioned High-Rise as Ballard best book. It is on the 1001-books-..."

I second this! It’s on my TBR list. 😁

[Anne (On semi-hiatus)]

I second Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

[Brenda]

I also second Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

[Stratos]

I second the Eye of the world

[Luffy]

Stratos wrote: "I second the Eye of the world"

My thanks, Stratos!

[Jeffrey]

I nominate No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

I second The Savage Detectives

[Stratos]

No problem Luffy!

[[deleted user]]

I second No Country for Old Men

[Jeffrey]

Don wrote: "I second No Country for Old Men"

Thanks, Don!

[Shaina]

I second No Country for Old Men.

[Jeffrey]

Thanks, Shaina!

[Margaret]

I second Eye of the World

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Jeffrey wrote: "I nominate No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

I second The Savage Detectives"

Sorry, No Country for Old Men was published in 2005 and is not eligible

[Jeffrey]

Bob wrote: "Jeffrey wrote: "I nominate No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

I second The Savage Detectives"

Sorry, No Country for Old Men was published in 2005 an..."

Thanks, I'll choose another

[Jeffrey]

I nominate American Pastoral by Philip Roth

[Annette]

Thank you, Anne & Brenda!

[Sue]

Jeffrey wrote: "I nominate American Pastoral by Philip Roth"

I'll second American Pastoral

[Jeffrey]

Thanks, Sue!

[Terry]

I second Passing.

[Heather L]

Thanks, Terry!

[Luffy]

Margaret wrote: "I second Eye of the World"

Relatively late thanks, Margaret! Whatever happens, the response has been above what I expected :)

[Marilyn]

Janelle wrote: "I nominate The Vagabond by Colette first published 1910"

I second The Vagabond.

[Janelle]

Thanks Marilyn :)

[Nicole]

I second Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

[Annette]

Thanks, Nicole!

[Antonomasia]

Second Passing.

[Heather L]

Antonomasia wrote: "Second Passing."

Thank you!

[Julie]

Jeffrey wrote: "I nominate American Pastoral by Philip Roth"

I second this

[Ashley]

I second The Autobiography of Malcom X

[Ashley]

I nominate Nathan Coulter by Wendell Berry 180 pages